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Licking County (Granville).
Granville's most active operators were:
Dr* W. W. Bancroft, Norton Cane, Justin Hillyer, Curtis
Howe, Josbua Linnel, E. C. Wright and William S* Wright*
When any of these men had black folks to be passed up
to Utica, word was sent up to L. W. Knowlton, the manager
there who as the proprietor of a dry-goods store in the
village communicate^with anybody needed* Ag= the consensus
there was thfLtfitlwaslunsafe to keep runaways in town*^,
they were transferred \to Mr* Khowlton's residence 2 miles
^e3t*0/^iifilL% Parties of Negroes stayed a day or two
northward at night and were then taken/by the store keeper in his vehicle*
It grew pitch-black one night when Mr* Kiiowlton had a loud
of 7 and upset in crossing the creek* Although he sprained
an ankle he delivered his wards to a physician in Mt* Vernon*
Thirteen Underground passengers were landed at the
home of one pf the Wrights in Granville, his largest com-
2 Pany, and next evening, were forwarded to Utica,
After living several years in Granville a Mr* Gillmore moved with his family, about 1840, to his inherited farm, 10 miles southeast on the turnpike road and 21 miles west of Zanesville* The farm was known as "FairmountJ contained 700 acres and had an old homestead, part of logs covered with clapboards, and a run-down tenement house with a big lath and clay chimney*
I "
Letter from Wm* Dunlop, Utica, 0., Dec* 6, 1892*
2 Letter from S. J. Wright, Lancaster, 0., Augi 25, 1894,

Licking County (Granville).
Granville's most active operators were:
Dr* W. W. Bancroft, Norton Cane, Justin Hillyer, Curtis
Howe, Josbua Linnel, E. C. Wright and William S* Wright*
When any of these men had black folks to be passed up
to Utica, word was sent up to L. W. Knowlton, the manager
there who as the proprietor of a dry-goods store in the
village communicate^with anybody needed* Ag= the consensus
there was thfLtfitlwaslunsafe to keep runaways in town*^,
they were transferred \to Mr* Khowlton's residence 2 miles
^e3t*0/^iifilL% Parties of Negroes stayed a day or two
northward at night and were then taken/by the store keeper in his vehicle*
It grew pitch-black one night when Mr* Kiiowlton had a loud
of 7 and upset in crossing the creek* Although he sprained
an ankle he delivered his wards to a physician in Mt* Vernon*
Thirteen Underground passengers were landed at the
home of one pf the Wrights in Granville, his largest com-
2 Pany, and next evening, were forwarded to Utica,
After living several years in Granville a Mr* Gillmore moved with his family, about 1840, to his inherited farm, 10 miles southeast on the turnpike road and 21 miles west of Zanesville* The farm was known as "FairmountJ contained 700 acres and had an old homestead, part of logs covered with clapboards, and a run-down tenement house with a big lath and clay chimney*
I "
Letter from Wm* Dunlop, Utica, 0., Dec* 6, 1892*
2 Letter from S. J. Wright, Lancaster, 0., Augi 25, 1894,